George henderson



UNITED STATES vPATEIYIT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENDERSON, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIMSELF ANDGEORGE HUTCHISON, OF SAME PLACE.

PRINTING-PRESS FOR ADDR-ESSING NEWSPAPERS, &C.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENDERSON, of the city and county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Printing-Presses for Imprinting the Names and Addresseson Envelops, Newspapers, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and eXactdescription thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination and arrangementof a guide table and pulleys, press wheel, conveying pulley, and inkingrollers with a type frame and open hopper, the whole being combinedarranged and constructed in .the manner hereinafter described for thepurpose of imprinting names and addresses on envelops, newspapers &c.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side View of the press.Fig. 2, is an end View. Fig. 3,. is a sectional view, representing inoutline the hopper, press wheel, conveying pulley, inking rollers, typeframe, guide table and pulley. Fig. 4, represents a broken section inperspective of the type frame.

To ena-ble others skilled in the art to make and -use my invention Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. (a) are thepedestals of the press, (b) are the bearings for supporting the axles orshafts (u and 1) the bearings (b) are secured to the pedestals by meansof bolts or screws marked (l) g (c) on shaft is the conveying pulley,(CZ) on shaft (u) is the press wheel. The shafts (u and r) are furnishedwith two cog wheels (e and f) which gear into each other, and are usedfor the purpose of giving to the conveying pulley and the press wheelthe same motion and speed. The journals of the shaft (a) are furnishedwith two movable plumber blocks which are held in the desired positionby means of set screws marked (2) and the elastic springs marked (3 andx) the elastic springs being used for the purpose of allowing the presswheel to yield to any variation in the size of the paper or to any unduepressure. The guide table (g) and the supports for the guide pulley (h.)are secured to the cross piece marked (79). The inking rollers arefurnished with a suitable frame which is 25,363, dated September 6,1859'.

placed on the guide table (g) and arranged so as to ink the type in theframe (j) asit passes under the inking rollers (7c). The frame (m and a)is secured to the table (g), this frame with the rods (Z) forms the openhopper; the two rods in the cross piece are movable and can be set so asto allow any desired space for the papers to pass through. The reddotted lines represent a rack which may be set on the table (g) abovethe type frame, to be used for holding papers so as to readily supplythe hopper when required. The type frame which consists of two sidepieces marked (A) and division pieces marked (B) is furnished with pinsmarked (O) which are used for conveying the papers from the hopper.

I wish it to be clearly understood that I do not conne myself tothe useof the-pins (0) as cross strips &o. will answer the same end; nor do Ilimit myself to any particular form or size of the various parts of thepress, as these may all be varied so as to suit the taste and judgmentof the mechanic, but the combination and arrange* ment must besubstantially the same, accomplishing the same things, as described inthis specification and represented in the accompanying drawings.

The operation of my invention is as follows: Having all things arrangedas represented in Figs. l, 2, and 3, the press is put in motion byapplying power to the crank (g) the type frame is moved along on table(g) until it comes in contact with the press wheel (el) and theconveying pulley (c) which will then carry it forward; the type framewith its pins will carry in regular order one paper after another fromthe hopper to the press wheel which will bring the paper in contact withthe type thereby imprinting the name or address, after which the papersand type frame are carried forward and beyond the press wheels and thenremoved by the operator or other suitable device.

Having thus described the nature construction and operation of myimprovement, what I claim as of my invention and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is- 1. The combination andarrangement of the guide table (g) and pulley (h), the press wheel (d),the conveying pulley (c), and inking rollers (7c) with type frame andthe open hopper, the Whole being combined lent on the type frame for thepurpose arranged and constructed 1n the manner and of carrying forwardthe papers as herein for the purpose herein specified. set forth.

2. The use of the open hopper When con- GEORGE HENDERSON. `J (5 structedas described and used for the pur- Vitnesses:

pose herein set forth. JAMES J. JOHNSTON, 3. The use of the pins (o) ortheir equva- GEORGE P. STEGK.

